English

Noun

prodrome ‎(plural prodromes)

1. (rare) A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.
   • 1643, Lawrence Womack, Sober Sadness, page 45; quoted in The American encyclopædic dictionary, Volume 7, page 3252, published 1897

     These may prove the Prodromes […] to the ruin of our Monarchy.

2. An introductory or preliminary book or treatise. (See also prodromus)
3. (medicine) An early symptom warning of the onset of a disease.

Adjective

prodrome ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Prodromous.

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See also

• prodrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia